Russell v. Wells Fargo and Company

Filing 174

ORDER re (295 in 4:08-cv-02670-CW), (163 in 4:07-cv-03993-CW) Granting Stipulation Re: Transfer of Richard Rodney Tucker. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 9/8/2010. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/8/2010)

Russell v. Wells Fargo and Company

Doc. 174

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T. JOSEPH SNODGRASS (MN# 231071) (pro hac vice) Email: [e-mail] KELLY A. SWANSON (MN# 330838) (pro hac vice) Email: [e-mail] LARSON · KING, LLP 2800 Wells Fargo Place 30 East 7th Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs MONTE RUSSELL and DANIEL FRIEDMAN

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Attorneys for Defendants WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOAN B. TUCKER FIFE (SBN 144572) WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 101 California Street San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-Mail: [e-mail] EVAN R. MOSES (SBN 198099) AUDREY SHEN CHUI (SBN 254510) WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 333 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 3800 Los Angeles, CA 90071-1543 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail]
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KELLY M. DERMODY (Cal. Bar No. 171716) Email: kdermody @lchb.com JAHAN C. SAGAFI (Cal. Bar. No. 224887) Email: [e-mail] LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Lewis Plaintiffs GLENN L. BRIGGS (SB# 174497) Email: [e-mail] THERESA A. KADING (SB# 211469) Email: [e-mail] HODEL BRIGGS WINTER LLP 8105 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 1400 Irvine, CA 92618 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ­ OAKLAND DIVISION

MONTE RUSSELL and DANIEL FRIEDMAN, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Defendants.
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CASE NO: C 07 3993 CW JUDGE CLAUDIA WILKEN COURTROOM 2 STIPULATION RE: TRANSFER OF RICHARD RODNEY TUCKER; [PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING TRANSFER

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MARTIN LEWIS, AARON COOPER, and ANISSA SCHILLING, on behalf of themselves and a class of those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. WELLS FARGO & CO., Defendant.

CASE NO. C 08-02670 CW

Plaintiffs Monte Russell and Daniel Friedman ("Russell Plaintiffs") and Defendants Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Wells Fargo & Company, who are parties in Russell, et al. v. Wells Fargo & Co., et al., Case No. C-07-3993 CW (N.D. Cal.) ("Russell"), and Plaintiffs Martin Lewis, Aaron Cooper, and Anissa Schilling ("Lewis Plaintiffs") and Defendant Wells Fargo & Co., who are parties in Lewis, et al. v. Wells Fargo & Co., Case No. C 08-02670 CW, through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: WHEREAS, this Court deemed the Russell and Lewis lawsuits as related pursuant to Local Rule 3-12 by way of Order dated June 11, 2008 (Russell Docket No. 28);
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WHEREAS, Richard Rodney Tucker signed a document entitled Consent to Join the FLSA Collective Action ("Consent Form"), thereby giving his consent to become a party plaintiff in the Russell action; WHEREAS, on October 2, 2008, Plaintiffs' counsel in Russell filed a Notice of Filing Consent to Become a Party Plaintiff, which included Mr. Tucker's Consent Form ("Notice") (Russell Docket No. 65); WHEREAS, counsel for Russell Plaintiffs, Lewis Plaintiffs and Defendants subsequently learned that Mr. Tucker worked for Defendants as a Network Analyst 2 from on or about July 1, 2006, to on or about November 25, 2006, and therefore does not satisfy the definition of the class conditionally certified in the Russell action, but does satisfy the definition of the class conditionally certified in the Lewis case; WHEREAS, all parties agree to the transfer of Mr. Tucker's Consent Form from the Russell action to the Lewis action with the effective opt-in date of October 2, 2008; NOW, THEREFORE, through their respective counsel, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Richard Rodney Tucker's October 2, 2008 Consent to Join the FLSA Collective

Action is hereby withdrawn from the Russell matter and transferred to the Lewis matter; 2. 3. Mr. Tucker is no longer a party plaintiff to the Russell action; Mr. Tucker's rights shall be determined as though he never signed a Consent

Form in the Russell matter; 4. Instead, Mr. Tucker's rights shall be determined as though he signed and caused

to be filed a Consent Form in the Lewis matter with an opt-in date of October 2, 2008.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DATED: June 3, 2010 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DATED: June 3, 2010 DATED: June 3, 2010 DATED: June 3, 2010

LARSON KING, LLP T. JOSEPH SNODGRASS KELLY A. SWANSON By: /s/ T. Joseph Snodgrass T. JOSEPH SNODGRASS

Attorneys for Plaintiffs MONTE RUSSELL AND DANIEL FRIEDMAN LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP KELLY M. DERMODY JAHAN C. SAGAFI By: /s/ Jahan C. Sagafi JAHAN C. SAGAFI

Attorneys for Lewis Plaintiffs HODEL BRIGGS WINTER LLP GLENN L. BRIGGS THERESA A. KADING By: /s/ Theresa A. Kading THERESA A. KADING

Attorneys for Defendants WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; WELLS FARGO & COMPANY WINSTON & STRAWN LLP JOAN B. TUCKER FIFE EVAN R. MOSES AUDREY SHEN CHUI By: /s/ Joan B. Tucker Fife

Attorneys for Defendant WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

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[PROPOSED] ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that: 1. Richard Rodney Tucker's October 2, 2008 Consent to Join the FLSA

Collective Action is hereby withdrawn from the Russell matter and transferred to the Lewis matter; 2. 3. Mr. Tucker is no longer a party plaintiff to the Russell action; Mr. Tucker's rights shall be determined as though he never signed a

Consent Form in the Russell matter; 4. Mr. Tucker's rights shall be determined as though he signed a Consent

Form in the Lewis matter with an opt-in date of October 2, 2008.

_____________________________ THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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